Preening Greater Flamingo, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia, Oceania.

Description:

Panorama of a preening Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) which is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southern Asia (coastal regions of Pakistan & India) & southern Europe (including Spain, Sardinia, Albania, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, & the Camargue region of France). This particular bird is the oldest flamingo, an adult when he arrived in Adelaide in 1933. Original image at least 4,000 pixels long.